Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock

Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock

Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock (1 July 1784 – 9 May 1852), born Paul Beilby Lawley, was an English nobleman and Whig politician, the youngest son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet and Jane Thompson.

In 1820, he inherited the estate of Escrick in Yorkshire from his uncle, Richard Thompson, and changed his name to Paul Beilby Thompson. He entered parliament for Wenlock, in Shropshire in 1828, and retained the seat until 1832. He then stood for the East Riding of Yorkshire, and was member there until 1837. In 1839, he was created Baron Wenlock, a title previously held by his eldest brother Robert, who died without issue. Upon ennoblement, he was given a Royal License to change his name to Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson, and allow his heirs to carry only the Lawley surname.cite web | url=http://www.hull.ac.uk/arc/collection/landedfamilyandestatepapers/forbes.html | accessdate=2006-10-06 | title=Forbes-Adam (Thompson/Lawley) family, Barons Wenlock, of Escrick and Skipwith]

He married Caroline Neville (d. 1868), daughter of Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke, by whom he had five children:cite book | last=Foster | first=Joseph | title=Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire | year=1874 | place=London]
*Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock (1818–1880)
*Robert Neville Lawley (30 August 18191 November 1891), captain in the 2nd Life Guards and later military historian, married Georgina Emily Somerset, daughter of Lord Edward Somerset, and died without issue
*Rev. Stephen Willoughby Lawley (1823 – c. 1901), rector at Escrick 1848–1868 and sub-dean of York 1852–1862.cite web | url=http://www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/religion/lawley.html | accessdate=2006-10-06 | title=Lawley, Stephen Willoughby]
*Francis Charles Lawley (1825–1901), journalist and politician
*Jane Lawley (d. February 4 1900), married on 6 May 1846 James Archibald Stuart-Wortley

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